The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently purchased 265, 40-foot new zero-emission buses to operate across New York City.
The buses are expected to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions up to 90 metric tons per bus annually.
The agency also accepted the delivery of 60 zero-emission buses last year with 205 more scheduled for delivery later this year.
The buses feature regenerative braking and lightweight electric traction drive systems.
“Transit is what makes New York the greenest City and the greenest region of the country,” said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. “And these new buses, along with all the infrastructure upgrades to bus depots across the five boroughs, mean New Yorkers all over will soon be breathing cleaner air.”
The MTA and the New York Power Authority are building electric bus charging stations. The Jamaica Bus Depot is expected to be operational in autumn 2027 and will support a full fleet of electric buses, allowing MTA to transition to a fully electric bus fleet. Infrastructure includes automated overhead pantographs.
The depot building will include a roof that helps clean the air, absorbs storm water, reduces energy use and acts as a form of insulation.
Other work includes the installation of sound-deadening walls along 107th Avenue and along 165th Street.